South Korea

South Korean investigators fail to arrest impeached leader Yoon Suk-yeol after lengthy stand-off

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South Korean investigators failed to detain impeached president Yoon Suk-yeol after a nearly six-hour stand-off with the presidential security service on January 3, 2025. It was the latest saga in a political crisis that has paralysed the country's government. The Corruption Investigation Office (CIO), which is probing Yoon’s short-lived declaration of martial law, said it withdrew its investigators out of concern for the safety of its members after they were blocked from entering Yoon’s official residence.
 

January 3, 2025